List of Bionicle media

Bionicle
Created by	Lego
Owner	The Lego Group
Years	2000–2010, 2015–2016
Print publications
Book(s)	Bionicle books
Comics	Bionicle comics
Films and television
Film(s)	Bionicle films
Television series	The Journey to One (2016)
Games
Video game(s)	Bionicle video games
Audio
Soundtrack(s)	Bionicle film soundtracks

Aside from the toys in the Lego Bionicle franchise, Lego has also marketed an ongoing book series, several video games (mostly for the Game Boy Advance), and four computer-animated movies which feature important plot points. A Bionicle comic book was also published by DC Comics and made available free to members of the Lego Club with some issues of the Lego Magazines. Some comic issues were also posted on the official Bionicle website, Bionicle.com. There are also various other ancillary products available, such as watches, toothbrushes, and backpacks, as well as online adventure games. Much of the additional content for Generation 1 that was originally available on the now inactive official websites Bionicle.com and BionicleStory.com is now available on an unofficial website called BioMedia Project.

Books[]

Novels[]

Bionicle Chronicles[]

No.	Title	Author	Publication date	ISBN
1	Tale of the Toa	Cathy Hapka	2003	ISBN 0-439-50116-4
2	Beware the Bohrok			ISBN 0-439-50117-2
3	Makuta's Revenge			ISBN 0-439-50119-9
4	Tales of the Masks	Greg Farshtey		ISBN 0-439-60706-X
5	Mask of Light[a]	Cathy Hapka		ISBN 0-439-50118-0

Bionicle Adventures[]

No.	Title	Author	Publication date	ISBN
1	Mystery of Metru Nui	Greg Farshtey	2004	ISBN 0-439-60731-0
2	Trial by Fire			ISBN 0-439-60732-9
3	The Darkness Below			ISBN 0-439-60733-7
4	Legends of Metru Nui			ISBN 0-439-62747-8
5	Voyage of Fear			ISBN 0-439-68022-0
6	Maze of Shadows			ISBN 0-439-68023-9
7	Web of the Visorak		2005	ISBN 0-439-69619-4
8	Challenge of the Hordika			ISBN 0-439-69621-6
9	Web of Shadows			ISBN 0-439-74558-6
10	Time Trap			ISBN 0-439-74559-4

Bionicle Legends[]

No.	Title	Author	Publication date	ISBN
1	Island of Doom	Greg Farshtey	2006	ISBN 0-439-74560-8
2	Dark Destiny			ISBN 0-439-78795-5
3	Power Play			ISBN 0-439-82804-X
4	Legacy of Evil			ISBN 0-439-82807-4
5	Inferno			ISBN 0-439-82805-8
6	City of the Lost		2007	ISBN 0-439-89033-0
7	Prisoners of the Pit[b]			ISBN 0-439-89034-9
8	Downfall			ISBN 978-0-439-89037-3
9	Shadows in the Sky		2008	ISBN 0-439-91641-0
10	Swamp of Secrets			ISBN 0-545-05416-8
11	The Final Battle			ISBN 0-545-08079-7

Bionicle Super Chapter Books[]

No.	Title	Author	Publication date	ISBN
1	Raid on Vulcanus	Greg Farshtey	2009	ISBN 0-545-10073-9
2	The Legend Reborn			ISBN 0-545-21417-3
3	Journey's End[c]		2010	ISBN 978-83-253-0629-8

Lego Bionicle[]

No.	Title	Author	Publication date	ISBN
1	Island of the Lost Masks	Ryder Windham	August 25, 2015	ISBN 978-0545873253
2	Revenge of the Skull Spiders		May 6, 2016	ISBN 978-0545905909
3	Escape from the Underworld		June 26, 2016	ISBN 978-0545873253

Collected[]

Title	Novels included	Author	Publication date	ISBN
Chronicles Collection	Chronicles #1–4	Cathy Hapka, Greg Farshtey	March 13, 2005	ISBN 0-7607-9511-8
Adventures: Volume 1	Adventures #1–3	Greg Farshtey	January 1, 2006	ISBN 0-7607-9603-3

Young Readers series[]

No.	Title	Author	Publication date	ISBN
1	Journey of Takanuva	Greg Farshtey	2008	ISBN 0-545-08214-5
2	The Secret of Certavus		2009	ISBN 0-545-09336-8
3	Desert of Danger			ISBN 0-545-11542-6
4	Challenge of Mata Nui			ISBN 0-545-16209-2

Guidebooks[]

Title	Author	Publication date	ISBN
The Official Guide to Bionicle	Greg Farshtey	2003	ISBN 978-0-439-50115-6
Unmasked	Unknown
Metru Nui - City of Legends	Greg Farshtey	2004	ISBN 0-439-60734-5
Unmasked 2	Unknown
Rahi Beasts	Greg Farshtey	2005	ISBN 0-439-69622-4
Encyclopedia			ISBN 0-439-74561-6
Dark Hunters		2006	ISBN 0-439-82803-1
World		2007	ISBN 0-439-74561-6
Encyclopedia Updated			ISBN 978-0-439-78796-3
Makuta's Guide to the Universe		2008	ISBN 978-83-253-0350-1
Mata Nui's Guide to Bara Magna		2009	ISBN 978-83-253-0494-2
The Legend Reborn - Official Movie Guide

Activity books[]

Title	Author	Publication date	ISBN
Collector's Sticker Book	Greg Farshtey	October 1, 2003	ISBN 0-439-50120-2
Guard the Secret	Unknown	August 7, 2006	ISBN 0-007-23186-5
Facts and Figures			ISBN 0-007-23185-7
Annual		September 4, 2006	ISBN 0-007-23262-4
Piraka		December 6, 2006	ISBN 0-007-23431-7
Toa Inika			ISBN 0-007-23432-5
Matoran			ISBN 0-007-23434-1
Voya Nui			ISBN 0-007-23435-X
Barraki		August 6, 2007	ISBN 0-007-25438-5
Toa Mahri (edition 1)			ISBN 0-007-23432-5
Toa Mahri (edition 2)			ISBN 0-007-23434-1
Mahri Nui			ISBN 2-800-69611-7
Storyline Background		2008
Phantoka Makuta
Mistika Toa Nuva
Mistika Makuta
Glatorian		2009	ISBN 978-83-253-0494-2
Quests for the Masks of Power		November 24, 2015	ISBN 0-545-87255-3

Comics[]

Bionicle[]

No.	Title	Sub-series	Publication date	Writer	Artist
1	The Coming of the Toa[d]	N/A	June 2001	Greg Farshtey	Carlos D'Anda
2	Deep into Darkness[e]		July 2001
3	Triumph of the Toa		October 2001
4	The Bohrok Awake	The Bohrok Saga	January 2002
5	To Trap a Tahnok		April 2002
6	Into the Next		May 2002
7	What Lurks Below		July 2002
8	The End of the Toa?		September 2002
9	Divided We Fall		November 2002
10	Powerless!	N/A	January 2003		Randy Elliott
11	A Matter of Time...		March 2003
12	Absolute Power		May 2003
13	Rise of the Rahkshi!		July 2003
14	At Last – Takanuva!		September 2003
15	Secrets and Shadows		November 2003
16	Toa Metru!	Metru Nui	January 2004
17	Disks of Danger		March 2004
18	Seeds of Doom		May 2004
19	Enemies of Metru Nui		July 2004
20	Struggle in the Sky		September 2004
21	Dreams of Darkness		November 2004
22	Monsters in the Dark		January 2005
23	Vengeance of the Visorak		March 2005
24	Shadow Play[f]		May 2005
25	Birth of the Rahaga		July 2005
26	Hanging by a Thread		September 2005
27	Fractures		November 2005

Ignition[]

No.	Title	Sub-series	Publication date	Writer	Artist
0	Ignition[g]	N/A	January 2006	N/A	Stuart Sayger
1	If a Universe Ends		March 2006	Greg Farshtey
2	Vengeance of Axonn		May 2006
3	Showdown		July 2006
4	A Cold Light Dawns		September 2006
5	In Final Battle		November 2006
6	Ignition 6[h]	Sea of Darkness	January 2007
7	Mask of Life, Mask of Doom		March 2007
8	Sea of Darkness		May 2007
9	Battle in the Deep!		July 2007
10	The Death of Mata Nui		September 2007
11	Death of a Hero		November 2007
12	Realm of Fear	Battle for Power[i]	March 2008		Leigh Gallagher
13	Swamp of Secrets		July 2008
14	Endgame		September 2008
15	Mata Nui Rising		November 2008

Glatorian[]

No.	Title	Sub-series	Publication date	Writer	Artist
1	Sands of Bara Magna	N/A	January 2009	Greg Farshtey	Pop Mhan
2	The Fall of Atero		March 2009
3	A Hero Reborn		July 2009
4	Before the Storm		September 2009
5	Valley of Fear		November 2009
6	All That Glitters	Journey's End	January 2010
7	Rebirth		March 2010

Graphic novels[]

Bionicle[]

No.	Title	Comics included	Publication date	Writer	Artist(s)	ISBN
1	Rise of the Toa Nuva	Bionicle #1–8	June 10, 2008	Greg Farshtey	Carlos D'Anda, Randy Elliott	ISBN 1-59707-109-9
2	Challenge of the Rahkshi	Bionicle #9–15	August 5, 2008		Randy Elliott	ISBN 1-59707-111-0
3	City of Legends	Bionicle #16–21	October 28, 2008			ISBN 1-59707-121-8
4	Trial by Fire	Bionicle #22–27	January 20, 2009			ISBN 1-59707-132-3
5	The Battle of Voya Nui	Ignition #1–5	May 12, 2009		Stuart Sayger	ISBN 978-1-59707-145-1
6	The Underwater City	Ignition #6–11, Hydraxon's Tale	August 4, 2009			ISBN 978-1-59707-157-4
7	Realm of Fear	Ignition #12–15	November 24, 2009		Leigh Gallagher	ISBN 978-1-59707-167-3
8	Legends of Bara Magna	Rise and Fall of the Skrall, The Exile's Tale, All Our Sins Remembered	June 8, 2010		Christian Zanier, Stuart Sayger	ISBN 1-59707-180-3
9	The Fall of Atero	Glatorian #1–5			Pop Mhan	ISBN 1-59707-194-3

• Two additional graphic novels, Power of the Great Beings and Journey's End, were planned but ultimately cancelled due to poor sales. They would have included the last two issues of the Glatorian comic series as well as new material.

Lego Bionicle[]

No.	Title	Publication date	Writer	Artist(s)	ISBN
1	Gathering of the Toa	December 29, 2015	Ryder Windham	Unknown	ISBN 978-0316266222
2	Battle of the Mask Makers	April 26, 2016			ISBN 978-0316266239

Collected[]

Title	Comics included	Publication date	Writer	Artist(s)	ISBN
The Saga of Takanuva!	Bionicle #1, 9–15	2003	Greg Farshtey	Carlos D'Anda, Randy Elliott	N/A
Volume 1	Bionicle #1–15	August 2004			ISBN 978-0007255153
Mahri Nui[j]	Ignition #6–10	2007		Stuart Sayger	N/A

Films[]

Title	U.S. release date	Director(s)	Screenwriter(s)	Production studio
Bionicle: Mask of Light	September 16, 2003	Terry Shakespeare, David Molina	Alastair Swinnerton, Henry Gilroy, Greg Weisman	Creative Capers Entertainment
Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui	October 19, 2004		Henry Gilroy, Greg Klein, Tom Pugsley
Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows	October 11, 2005		Brett Matthews
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn	September 15, 2009	Mark Baldo	Greg Farshtey	Threshold Animation Studios

• A film based on Bionicle's 2001 storyline was planned prior to the franchise's launch, but never reached production.
• The Legend Reborn was originally planned as the first film of a new trilogy, but its sequels were scrapped following Lego's decision to discontinue the Bionicle toy line. A screen treatment for what would've been the second film was later released online.

Soundtracks[]

Title	Release date	Length	Composer(s)	Label
Bionicle: Mask of Light - Original Score Soundtrack (14th Anniversary Release)	March 10, 2017	1:06:27	Nathan Furst	Rising Phoenix Records
Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui - Original Score Soundtrack	December 12, 2017	0:57:27
Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows - Original Score Soundtrack	December 22, 2017	1:05:43

TV series[]

Series	Season		Episodes		Originally aired			Showrunner(s)
					First aired	Last aired	Network
Lego Bionicle: The Journey to One		1	4 (+ 1 prologue)		March 4, 2016 (2016-03-04)	July 29, 2016 (2016-07-29)	Netflix	Mathieu Boucher, Jean-Fraçois Tremblay

Video games[]

Console[]

Title	U.S. release date	Publisher	Developer	Platforms
Lego Bionicle: Quest for the Toa	October 2, 2001 (2001-10-02)	Lego Software	Saffire	Game Boy Advance
Bionicle: Matoran Adventures	October 16, 2002 (2002-10-16)	Electronic Arts, Lego Interactive	Argonaut Games
Bionicle[k]	September 10, 2003 (2003-09-10) (GBA) October 20, 2003 (2003-10-20) (NGC, PS2, Xbox) October 28, 2003 (2003-10-28) (PC)	Electronic Arts, Lego Interactive, THQ (GBA), Feral Interactive (OS X)	Argonaut Games, Argonaut Sheffield, Möbius Entertainment (GBA)	Game Boy Advance, GameCube, Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox
Bionicle: Maze of Shadows	September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13)	THQ	Razorback Developments	Game Boy Advance
Bionicle Heroes	November 14, 2006 (2006-11-14) April 24, 2007 (2007-04-24) (Wii)	Eidos Interactive, TT Games Publishing	Traveller's Tales, Amaze Entertainment (handheld), Universomo (J2ME)	Game Boy Advance, GameCube, J2ME, Nintendo DS, Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Wii

Canceled[]

Title	Intended U.S. release date	Publisher	Developer	Platforms
Lego Bionicle: The Legend of Mata Nui	December, 2001	Lego Software	Saffire	GameCube, Microsoft Windows
Bionicle: City of Legends	Late 2004	Lego Interactive	Argonaut Games	N/A

Mobile[]

Title	U.S. release date	Publisher	Developer	Platforms
Bionicle Challenge	2006	Living Mobile	Kiloo	Mobile devices
Bionicle Defenders	2007	Disney Mobile
Bionicle: Mask of Creation	January 1, 2015 (2015-01-01)	The Lego Group	Frima Studio	Android and iOS devices
Bionicle: Mask of Control	January 19, 2016 (2016-01-19)

Online[]

1. Mata Nui Online Game – Considered to be one of the best Bionicle stories in the whole franchise, MNOG was episodically released onto Bionicle.com from January to December of 2001. It continues the story of Tales of the Tohunga and follows Takua (known in-game as "The Chronicler") as he journeys around Mata Nui. The game was removed from Bionicle.com in 2003, but returned as a download in 2006 due to high demand from fans.
2. Mata Nui Online Game II – released on the LEGO Bionicle website, it is the sequel to the Mata Nui Online Game and takes place before and during the events of Bionicle: Mask of Light, in which the players play as Hahli of Ga-Koro.

Trading card game[]

During the first year of the BIONICLE toyline, in 2001, McDonald's distributed packets of cards with their 'kids' meals. There were five cards in each one: four regular, and one holographic or "special" card. The packet came with a mini comic that had an instruction booklet telling the person how to play the game. There was another card game that was sold (instead of collected, like the above) which included a board along with other accessories to play the game.

In 2008 LEGO also distributed the "Phantoka Trading Card Game", which were given away for free in little packages which included about six trading cards with a picture and information of one of the Toa Nuva, Makuta, Av-Matoran or Shadow Matoran. The package also included one holographic card, which featured the combination of a Phantoka and a Matoran. The packages were given away for free in many toy stores in Europe if bought in a Phantoka set.

More media[]

Besides the movies, books, comics etc., there are other ways parts of the Generation 1 story have been told. Much of this content is now available on the unofficial BioMedia Project website.

Reading materials[]

Bionicle.com had some information about parts of the Generation 1 story, including some character biographies.

BionicleStory.com had several sections containing information about the Generation 1 characters, locations, and more. Among the offerings were also story serials and "blog" chapters, the latter being each one or two pages of story text styled as a journal entry from one of the fictional Bionicle characters.

Audio[]

Bionicle.com had two downloadable MP3s (as well as two PDF files with the "lyrics" to the MP3s) that describe the rise the giant robotic body of Mata Nui out of its slumber and his exile from said body when Makuta Teridax took it over in the Generation 1 plotline.^[1]

BionicleStory.com also had many podcasts recorded by Bionicle writer Greg Farshtey available for download in the "Latest Story" area of the site that tell much of the Generation 1 story.^[2]

On the homepage for Bionicle.com, there was a collection of audio recordings, called the Mata Nui Saga, that told some of Mata Nui's story. Each one had a picture, text, and music with it. They were split into thirty-four "chapters", each narrated in-character by Michael Dorn (reprising his role of Mata Nui from The Legend Reborn)

There were also downloadable songs and other things on the website that were inspired by different sections of the Generation 1 storyline.

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